.38-50 Hepburn

[Kurt]

Back to the .38-50 Hepburn again.

Made the trip back to Alma Michigan last weekend to give the .38 another try. I been sort of not shooting for a year down from four cases plus a year to less than a 1/2 case. Also I wanted to see if I could hold up shooting Lodi that I really would like to attend.

The weather at Alma was cold and misty and I kept adding sweat shirts and ends up also putting a wind blazer over a flannel shirt and two sweat shirts and still shivered sitting on the stool LOL. One of the Girl target setters ran around in a tank top shirt and I was all bundled up and still cold LOL. But I had a good time with very good people to spend time with. I will say the Alma matches are well run and every person attending are top notch. A very friendly bunch.

Not many showed up just 18 that shot on Saturday and the scores were on the low side from normal.
The winds were not too bad but a few quick unexpected blasts that changed from the side to a full head wind and switching back to a calmer fishtailing breeze but sprinkling on and off.

I loaded two boxes of 100 with 60 grains of 2F KIK I had left with the 371-359-E DD PP bullet with my 1/18 solder/lead alloy 1.420" long at 354 grains.
I missed two turkeys and two pigs and one Ram on the first bank 3 on the second bank. I was shivering so bad and I'm surprised I shot as well as I did and I managed three chicks so I had some chicken in the nudie and not just some feathers. I did manage the high score for the scope class with a 25
Greg Vest won the irons with a 28 Saturday. I dont know the finish for the two days.
The water had ice on it when I pulled out Sunday morning.

I did not shoot on Sunday. The pains were just too bad and I needed the cross sticks to keep me on my feet walking to the bench. I will have to pass going to Lodi.

This Hep has had it's up and downs from time too time but I feel the problem is me controlling the rifle.
Shooting the swinger and I spent a lot of time on the Ram on Friday and I had several that looked like I could cover with my hand and during the match the misses were horizontal and not vertical, two just under the belly.
The little .38 had no problem laying the Rams down so that settles my mind on the lay downs.
I sure would like to see what it does at the 1K.

Kurt